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De.erted Mines OF Potosi.

was low at an elevation of above 10, 900
feet. To the east 1 looked down into the
valley had just left All was quiet and
almost in darkness. The only clear point
was the dusty road 1 had come up, looking
like a corkscrew drawn out of shape. Be
fore me was magnificent roadway,
straight as an arrow and forty feet wide,
raised some feet above seemingly inter
minable plain. A chain of mountains formed
the back scene, somber and discernible only
in outline, owing to the rapidly growing
darkness, but back Of that chain, toward
the peak of Potosi, that grand mass OF
stone, over $4,000 feet high, standing
alone still partly Illuminated by the twi-
light 1t was never-to-be-forgottens sight.
Almost involuntarily stopped for awhile
and took eff my hat
The mountains of PotoS have been worked
for over 800 years and the incredible
amount of nearly g, 900, 900, 900 in silver
has been taken out. As we neared the
mountains-for to reach the town OF Potosi
we had to skirt is east side-many old
workings wers seen. At one time over TO-
900 Indians were employed here.-Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

Mr.. P. T. BARNUM is urging forward
bis preparations for great exhibition
which is to be placed before the Ameri>
can public next spring, and which this
famous manager intends shall excel any
and every show with which be has been
associated. 1t will comprise three cir.
Gus companies, hippOdrome, collec-
tion of wild beasts, vast aviary, herd
IT elephants, and vast collection of the
marvels of natural history. Mr.. W. W.
Cole, Mr.. j. l.. Hutchinson and Mr.. j. E.
Cooper are associated with MIR. Barnum
in this enterprise. A combination has
been effected between Mr.. Barnum and
Mr.. Forepaugh. whereby their respect
i've shows will be combined into one, for
performances and exhibition in the City
of New York, at the Madison Square
Gardens; but the two companies are to
travel separately after the New York
season is over.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
Church DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r.
l. Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath morning and evening; Sabbath school
at $50 a. m; young peoples Of Christian
endeavor, Monday evenings; general prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening. Strangers
welcome TO all services.
ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
uRev. W. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: IL am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday z pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to sl our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, pm Womsn's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month. pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
ISS6-7-BeImOnt County, Ohio.

ID Saturday of Oct a. st C1airsville.
I'd Saturday OF Nov at Belmont.
I'd Saturday OF Dec at st Clairsville.
% Saturday of Jan at Bridgeport;
I'd Saturday of Feb at st Clairsville.
I'd Saturday Of Mar at Bernesville
I'd Saturday OF April at 8: Olairsvilie.
ID Saturday Of May ct Bellaire.
ID Saturday Of June at Morristown.
At Flushing at close OF Institute In Aug.
RULES.
Examinations begin at 9 o'clock q. m.
Testimonials of character are required II
applicant is not known to the Board
Certificates will not be antedated nor ex~
tended.
Tests In the higher branches will be given
ct close Of Institute ONLY.
Certificates Will be dated and issued by the
Board In adj journed session on Saturday fols
owing each examination.
Envelopes furnished by the Board. Applis
cants pay return postage.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
A nrst-class Is years. certificate is granted
upon an average of 80 per cent. including three
grade below 70, provided applicant has bad 30
months experience teaching.
A second~class a years. certificate is grant
ed upon an average OF 30 per cent, including
two higher branches and the school law, with
no grade below 70, provided applicant has had
4 months experience in teaching.
upon an average Of IS per cent, including
one higher branches and the school law, with
no grade below IS. provided applicant has had
Is months experience in teaching.
A fourth-clsss q years. certificate is granted
upon an average Of IS per cent. including the
school law, with no grade below so, provided
applicant has had Il months experience tn
teaching.
A ffth-class Il Year, certificate Is granted
upon an average of IS per cent, with no grade
below S.
B. B: 4hFEAkDEH' 4 FFdk' Pres Board of f.
s~2Iy l. q. WATERS, Clerk,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

BOMBS are becoming altogether too
plentiful in this country. One was ex-
ploded one night last week in the Grand
Opera House at San Francisco, where
Patti was giving the last concert of her
series. The only person hurt, however.
was the man who is strongly suspected
of taking the internal machine into the
theater. From muttered remarks over
heard by those sitting near him, the
assassin had grudge against the fami+
ly of the millionaire Flood, who Occult
pied box, and he was also heard to
observe that Patti was singing we'll, but
would never sing again. 1t was likely
that the man was either an Anarchist,
or had lately become convert to anar-
chistic views, and deemed it his duty to
begin work on some of the wealthy peo
pie of San Francisco, even if prima
donna we're also killed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

The Massach usetts Legislature Is wrest-
ling with the Sunday observance cues.
tion and. after hearing arguments from
the newspaper publishers. milk dealers.
bakers. BARRIERS and druggists. has form
ulated law intended to secure the bet
ter observance of the Sabbath. The first
section forbids Sunday sports and diver
sions except concerts of sacred music,
any one present at such being Liable to
fine of five dollars. All secular work
is to be suspended on the Lords day un-
der penalty of fifty dollars fine, but ex.
ceptions are made in favor of bakers,
BARRIERS, druggists. Illuminating gas
manufacturers, distributors of water for
domestic use, livery stable keepers and
the publishers of Sunday newspapers.
Special provision is made for the run
ming of street cars and the use of the
telegraph and telephone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

AN American traveller in the east says
that tie ruins of Carnac, in Egypt, are
the most stupeDdous on the globe. They
are something like 400 by 800 feet in
extent, and consist of more than hum
dred great columns of granite, rising
perhaps sixty feet high. Next to that
the ruins of Baalbec, in the vicinity of
Damascus. are the most extensive. In
that region of country the Romans used
to grow their chief supply of wheat, and
In this country there are no snch i'm
mence fields of wheat as there are now.
The great temple of Bsalbee is supposed
to have been the corn exchange of for
mer times, and possibly had connected
with it temples for the worship of the
gods and goddesses who comfort agri>
culture. Palmyra and most other places
have scattered ruins, which dissipate
their impression by a want of order and
suf6cieDcy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

IN spite of the growth of iron and
steel manufactures in the United States,
this country is still England's best Gus
toner for metals. Last year British
exports to the United States we're S03,
632 tons of iron and steel out of total
$780, tons sent to all parts of the
world. An increase of more than 400,-
900 tons in British exports to the Uni
ted States more than accounted for the
entire gain of 25O,00O tons in shipments
of iron and steel from Great Britain in
1886, aud if the demand from this coun-
try should cease the British metal trade
would be in a sad way. The demand
from Germany, Holland, France, and
the Argentine Republic. four leading
customers. was very much less in 1886
than in 1885 and 1884.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
THROUGH DARKNESS.

One night the Angel Gabriel,
Seated in Paradise apart,
Heard the low, loving voice of God
In answer to human heart.
Eminent must this servant be
Who to the Most High is so nigh;
Whose spirit, dead to lust below,
Already is with Him on high"
He bastened over land and sea
To find this mamie went like light
But found him not 10 earth or heaven,
Through all the watches of the night.
"Ob Lordi direct me to this man
: That is so near and dear to Thee"
The man thou speakest of, Gabriel,
Thou shalt in yon pagoda see."
Straightway to the pagoda sped
The Instructed One. and looking there,
b. held before an idol grim
A solitary man at prayer.
"Cans't Thou regard this man, o Lord,
Who to an idol prays, not Thee?"
II have forgot his ignorance Me"
Since be through darkness has found
R. II. Stoddard, in n. Y. Ind.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

There is a fellow making the tour of
the Western dime museums this winter
advertised as "Ali Pasha, the Transpar
ent Turk and Human Window Pane"
The advertisement has this interesting
information:-"Hew was on the staff of
the Sultan of Turkey at the terrible
battle of Plevna, when huge cannOn>
ball from the cruel Russian artillery,
swift on its errand of death, passed
completely through this brave officers
body. Admirable surgical skill saved
his life. and a pane of French window
glass was fitted In the gaping cavity
with such admirable nicely that we now
have the greatest moral marvel of the
age. Sun, moon and stars shine through
him daylight and gaslight shine through
him; you can see through him: you can
read through him."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
Alleged Signs of Rain and Snow.

On very cloudy morning the writer met
an elderly acquaintance and saluted him
with the remark: ''It is going to storm, but
/ don't know whether it will be rain or
snow" 'Why, rain, p" was the ready reply,
land 1 will tell you how know. If there
is bank in the west, south of the sun when
it sets, look out for snow; if there is bank
north of the sun look out for rain This is
a certain sign for storms in winter. Last
evening at sunset there was 3ank in the
north, so we are going to have some rain
to-day" And sure enough it did II the
storm cloud extends both north and south Of
the sun the heaviest part will indicate the
kind of storm to follow. Eighteen years ago
there lived in this vicinity an aged man
named Amos Peterson, who had quite q
local reputation as weather prophet and
the above weather sign he learned by long
and careful observations of the changes in
the weather. er.-Salem Standard
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
wnlism and Mary College.

There is a cad illustration Of the decadencs
of power in the present condition Of thai
once famous and prosperous institution Of
learning, the William and Mary college, ths
first endowed college in America. In order
to preserve tha state charter it is necessary
that the college bell should be rung every
day, and as there is neither school nor pupih
this duty devolves on the president. Every
day, storm or sunshine, the lonely professor
may be seen vending his way to the old col.
lege, and soon the melancholy sound of ths
bell wakes the echoes in the silent and de-
serted building and preserves the sad memo
rial of happier days to the city OF Jamestowa
and state OF Virginia 1t is indeed mourn,
full commentary upon departed greatness,
but there are hopes that it may be resuscitated
as seat Of knowledge. Detroit Free Prs7
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

ONE word to the third party temper
ance men, who are always threatening
to tear up the Republican party if they
are not put up as great leaders and paid
for their virtue. Why is it that the
couse of prohibitory temperance can be
carried on In the solid South without
disturbing the Democratic party-while
itcannot be put 10 the Geld In the North
without fighting the Republicans? 1t
is conundrum we want answered.
Gin. Com. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
ARITHMETHC.
I. ALEXANDER.
(Omit any.tHo.

l. Explain the process of dividing fractions.
2. How many yards of paper 80 inches wide
will it take to paper the walls of a room Is #.
long, IA ft. wide and 10 #. high?
3. What sum of money will amount to $1,000
in years, months and 20 days, at SO in
teresti
4. At what must SO stock be bought to yield
so on the investment
5. Find the dimensions of box that will
hold 100 bushels having the length three times
the width and height.
6. A horse cost $50 and was sold for $3.50
on credit of months. What was gained?
7. How many feet, board measure, are in
plank 90 feet long, l foot 6 inches wide and
az inches thick?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

THE will of General Durbin Ward, of
Ohio contains the following: 81 give
and bequeath to my beloved niece, Ella
Ward, my fathers family Bible and his
Book of Common Prayer as the most
touching family remembrance l can
give, and to her my last bequest, except
to my dearly beloved wife, is made to
remind ber that she stands next to my
wife, in my hearts affection. l give
and beqGeath to her also, in trust, my
jewel-mounted sword $50 highly priced
because given to me by the privates of
my old regiment), with the injunction
that she shall deliver it to her oldest
SOD, sheuld she ever be blessed with one,
and if be should die, to the next oldest
in succession, and with it the charge
from me to never draw is in bad cause
and to never leave itsheathed should
good one require its aid, and command
him also to send it down to posterity to
the oldest son in the direct line so long
as any Ward blood can WELD a sword,
until that blessed time shall some wnen
all swords shall be beaten into plough
shares"
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st. CIaIrsviIIe, Ohio, Feb. 1ath, 1887
GRA MMAR.
(Omit any two, except ~


]. What is the basis of the classification of
the parts OF speech? Name the parts of speech
that are not infected.
2. State the order in which the fullowing
subjects should be taught:
Analysis, adiectives, synthesis, subject, ad-
verb, verbs, nouns, predicate, clause, pro-
nouns, and proposition.
3. Should diagrams be used in the analysis
OF sentences2 If so, explain the system that
you use.
4. Give two rules fol. agreement. illustrate.
5. Give complete classification of clauses,
and an example of each.
6. Analyze: l want him to go west. told
hin to go home. Parse "him," home," and
"west."
Z Writs letter acknowledging the receipt
of S25 from ]. o. Brown, of Wheeling, in pay
ment of 6O-day note in your favor. Write
the note.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

NEVER be discouraged because good
Things go on slowly here; and nev-
er fail daily TO do that good which lies
next to your hand. Do not be in bur.
ry, but be diligent. Enter into the SUBJ
lime view of it. God can afford to wait;
why cannot we, aimee we have Him to
fall back upon? Let patience have her
perfect work. and bring forth her celes-
tial fruits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

Q The angel of Jehovah, who visited the
patriarchs, was the Old Testament redeemer.
g. We should net attempt TO justify the
ways Of God with men by deviating ono
hairs breadth from the obvious teaching Of
Scripture.
4. No prayer offered in faith is unan-
swered. God gives the best thing, although
he may not grant the exact petition that is
asked.
5. When we reach heaven, the things that
have been dark to US here will become clear,
and we shall see that the Judge of all the
earth does right-Sunday School World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, r. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
W. D. BUMGARNER, W. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
CT. OLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, 81. P.
J. B. MEYER, Rec.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & 8. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
G. W. CARROLL, T. l, N.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 90, K. T.
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. J. B. RYAN, E. G.
]. B. MRYBR, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
GEOGRAPHY.
(Onit any two.)

(Onit any tWo.)
l. What causes determine the climate of q
countryS
2. Where are rainless districts7 and state
the cause.
3. Define isthmus, and locate two principal
ones.
4. Whence comes the worlds supply of wheat,
wool, cotton, and ironf
5. Name and locate five of the great rivers
of Europe.
6. Name the states of the Union bordering
OH the Atlantic Ocean.
7. Lolate the capitals of all States west of
the Mississippi river.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
se,mon. County omciaI Director.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Isaac 81. CASTOR.
Clerk Of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sheriff-Oliver E. Foulke.
Auditor-D. 81. Darrah
Treasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. K. Kennon.
Recorder-John NJ. Beckett.
Commissioners-Morris Cope, VIM J Berry,
John G.. Israel.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-Samuel Martin.
In6rmary Directors Burget McConnaughy.
president; VIM. Lodge, clerk; John A. Clark,
auditor
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
SCHOOL LAW.

l. What number of teachers examinations
may be held each year?
2. May pupil be expelled for refusing to
take the course of study prescribed?
3. Whose duty is it to make such course,
and what may it include?
4. What is the law concerning the payment
of teacher who has no certifcate7
5. How may substitute" who has no GER
tifcate be legally paidf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
Grains of Gold.

Keep your own secrets, if you have
any.
A sunny temper gilds the edges of
life's blacklist clouds.
Good thoughts are no better than
good dreams, unless they are executed.
Daily ought we to renew our purposes
and to stir up ourselves to greater fervor.
The good we have received from a
man should make us bear with the i'll
be does US.
1t is not enough to possess great quail
tiles; we must also have the manage
ment of them.
If the way to heaven be narrow, it is
not long: and if the gate be shut it opens
into endless he.
When the foreno0ns of life are vast
ed there is not much hope of a peaceful
and fruitf1l evening.
Fight hard against hasty temper
Anger will come, but resist it stoutly
A spark may set house on fire.
There is no trait more valuable than
a determination to persevere when the
right thing is to be accomplished.
LUG Rlcdb ulHcTcuCS D6IW66u NIEbu0
and vice is this: For virtue you have a
price to receive; for vice you have a
price to pay.
Goodness is beauty, aud beauty can
not stay inside; like the sap in a tree, it
must come out in fresh leaves and buds
and blossoms.
COwardice asks, is it safe?' Expedi-
ency asks. is polite? Vanity asks, is
it pOpular?' But conscience asks, is it
rigbtp'
The virtue that public sentiment drills
into towards may benefit society, but
are of little credit to those upon whom
they are dragooned.
When man looks through a tear in
his own eye, it is often lens which re-
veals what no telescope, however skill
fully constructed, could do.
Real difference of opinion, honestly
rxoressed whenever the subject is seri
,us enough to demand it, always de-
serves respectful attention and consid-
Grafton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

EVERY solitary kind action that is
done, the world over, is working briskly
in its own sphere to restore the balance
between right and wrong. Kindness
has converted more sinners than either
zeal, eloquence, or learning, and these
three never converted any one unless
they were kind also. The continual
sense which kind heart has of its own
need of kindness keeps it humble. Per-
haps an act of kindness never dies, but
extends the invisible undulations of its
influence over the breadth of centuries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
streI STEAMERS for the Nile.

New steel steamers for pleasure travel
have been introduced on the Nile. They are
built somewhat on the plan Of American
river steamers, with upper, main and lower
decks. The second class accommodation,
which is a new feature on the Nile steamers,
is on the lower deck Each steamer is con-
structed to carry thirty-two saloon passen-
gers only and thirty second clasS-Frank
TaSlie's
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
THEORY AND PRACTICE

l. Make program of daily exercises.
2. Upon what does the value of school sta
tistics dependf
4. Name the three general classes of mental
faculties, and state in what way memory differs
from recollection.
4. What is proper punishment for profanity
and vulgarity2
5. To what extent should mathematics be
taught in country schools?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

THANKS to the tariff and Internal rev.
enue systems devised and put In force
by the Republican party. there is sur
plus, mot otherwise appropriated" from
which the cost of cannon, forts and ves>
sells of war may be betrayed without
running in debt dollar. If the Deme-
Gratis had been allowed their way ahouI
il, there wouldn't have been any surplus.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
o. ., HISTORY,
n Is T ECAt
(Omit any tWo.l

(O1nit any two.)
l. Write briefly of General Brsddock.
?. State the causes and results of the Mexi-
can war.
3. By what means did Florida, Louisiana,
and Texas become part of the United States?
4. When and how did the present Constitu-
tion become the fundamental law of the United
States.
S. On what date do regular sessions of Con-
gress begin2 What Congress is now in session?
6. By what means does the National Govern
ment obtain money to pay its debts2
I. What is "The Western Reserve?" Sketch
its history briefly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
READING.

l. What is circumhexl
Z. What is is direct question:
.. Give rules governing inAectionsiin reading.
4. What is the chief purpose of learning to
rssdf
5. Give ana instance in which emphasis
changes accent.
g. Why ought, or ought not, emphatic words
to be printed in italics2
z. Write a sentence containing parenthesis.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17
ORTHOGRAPHY
(Omit any two.)

l. Make the diacritical marks,i illustrating
the use of each
2. What is substituted Give substitutes
fer long a, long e, long o.
3. What is trigraph2 Write a word con-
tanning one.
4. What is photographic analysisf
5. May word be both simple and deriva-
tivef If so, give example.
g. Use the following prefxes in such way as
to indicate their meaning: Ante, anti, pro, pre-,
hyper.
7. What are cognates.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-17

The interstate convention of coal+
miners and operators. 10 session at Co.
lumbus, o., agreed upon partial new
scale Of prices, to take effect May 1.